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• Autism and Me

  Sibling Stories

  Shapiro, Ouisie

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  "If you see a kid with autism on the street, don't yell at her if she's doing something wrong. She can't help it. Autism is really challenging," explains Christian, who tells about life with his sister, Mary Gwen, a beautiful girl who…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Drama Queen

  One Autistic Woman and a Life of Unhelpful Labels

  Gibbs, Sara

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  Finally diagnosed at the age of 30, Sara learned she wasn't a crybaby, a scaredy cat, a spoiled brat or even a drama queen. There was a reason behind her overpowering emotions, and, once she knew what she was dealing with, she was able to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Emergence

  Labeled Autistic : a True Story

  Grandin, Temple

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  Intelligent and creative Temple Grandin gives a stirring account of a life lived coping with autism. She has a unique vision of the way autistic people think and also provides some clinical information. Ms. Grandin has also written another…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8

  a Young Man's Voice From the Silence of Autism

  Higashida, Naoki, 1992-

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  Naoki Higashida wrote The Reason I Jump as a 13-year-old boy. Now, he shares his thoughts and experiences as a 24-year old young man with severe autism. In short, powerful chapters, he explores education, identity, family, society and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Forever Boy

  a Mother's Memoir of Autism and Finding Joy

  Swenson, Kate

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  When Swenson's son, Cooper, was diagnosed with severe, nonverbal autism, she experienced the grief of broken dreams. She felt the frustration and exhaustion that comes from having to fight for your child in a world that is stacked against…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Look Me in the Eye

  My Life With Asperger's

  Robison, John Elder

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  John Robison longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits had earned him the label "social deviant." No guidance came from his mother, who conversed with light fixtures, or his father, who spent…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Raising Cubby

  a Father and Son's Adventures With Asperger's, Trains, Tractors, and High Explosives

  Robison, John Elder

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  John Elder Robison's son was quite a handful: "By the time Cubby was ten, he'd steered a Coast Guard cutter, driven a freight locomotive, and run an antique Rolls Royce into a fence. The one thing John couldn't figure out was what to do…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Safety Skills for Asperger Women

  How to Save a Perfectly Good Female Life

  Willey, Liane Holliday

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  "Liane Holliday Willey explores the daily pitfalls that females with AS may face, and suggests practical and helpful ways of overcoming them. The focus throughout is on keeping safe, and this extends to travel, social awareness, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sensory

  Life on the Spectrum : An Autistic Comic Anthology

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  From artist and curator Bex Ollerton comes an anthology featuring comics from thirty autistic creators about their experiences of living in a world that doesn't always understand or accept them.

• Songs of the Gorilla Nation

  My Journey Through Autism

  Prince-Hughes, Dawn, 1964-

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  Dawn Prince-Hughes, an anthropologist, tells of her journey from an early childhood of being an undiagnosed autistic to the moments of joy she experienced as an adult working with primates, being drawn ever closer to her fellow humans.

• A Special Education

  One Family's Journey Through the Maze of Learning Disabilities

  Buchman, Dana

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  "Dana Buchman knew almost nothing about 'learning differences' when her oldest daughter, Charlotte, was diagnosed with neurological, spatial, and motor skill disabilities as a toddler. .... Unfortunately, Buchman's well-developed ability…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Way I See It

  a Personal Look at Autism and Asperger's

  Grandin, Temple

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  Grandin offers helpful do's and don'ts, practical strategies, and try-it-now tips, all based on her "insider" perspective and a great deal of research.

• We're Not Broken

  Changing the Autism Conversation

  Garcia, Eric, 1990-

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  This book is a message from autistic people to their parents, friends, teachers, coworkers and doctors showing what life is like on the spectrum.